SANO Yasumasa
Born: 23 March 1896 – Died: 18 April 1942
Particulars:
Yasumasa was born in Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan. He was a widower with one daughter, who was living in Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. He was working as a mechanical engineer in Padang, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia, when the Pacific War broke out. He was taken to Australia and interned at Loveday Internment Camp in South Australia. At the age of 46, not long after being interned, he died of tuberculosis. His grave is in the Japanese Cemetery, Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.
–Mayu Kanamori
More info:
Annabelle Louys
Artist/s Statement:
Because Sano Yasumasa was a mechanical engineer, I created interlocking cogs of photos from our family’s visits to Japan and Indonesia and maps of Shizuoka and Padang, where he lived, to show his life was made of many connected parts. My mother was born in Indonesia and she once lived in Shizuoka too. I also made the last ‘o’ in his surname into a cog. I added an origami crane for peace.
Artist Bio:
Annabelle Louys is a primary school student in Canberra, Australia.